Book Cover; Title; Contents; Plates; Figures; Tables; Contributors; INTRODUCTION; RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT: SCARCITY AND SUSTAINABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; DESERTIFICATION AND ITS MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL ECONOMIC CHANGE; NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL ECONOMIC CHANGE; NEW ROLES FOR OLD REGIONS; CASE STUDIES OF ECONOMIC CHANGE IN ADVANCED REGIONS; DEVELOPMENT AND THE THIRD WORLD; NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENT; DRAWING THE LINE BETWEEN TOWN AND COUNTRY; MANAGING URBAN CHANGE: THE CASE OF THE BRITISH INNER CITY; THE CHALLENGE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; Index
Summary
Examines the crucial issues facing society in the 1990s and how geography can contribute to their understanding and management
